TIL the Cherokee writing system was made by one man, Sequoyah. It's one of the only times in history that someone in a non-literate group invented an official script from scratch. Within 25 years, nearly 100% of Cherokee were literate, and it inspired dozens of indigenous scripts around the world.

Submitted by Pfeffer_Prinz t3_10l0ngz on January 25, 2023 at 3:02 PM in todayilearned